Freudenberger's Theory Of Burnout

Burnout is one of the factors that may affect employees’ efficiency, a group connections, motivation and general emotional wellbeing of workers in the working environment. The idea of burnout was separately presented by Herbert Freudenberger in 1974 and Christina Maslach in 1976. The term was used to portray the mental condition of health care volunteers who were indicating such side effects as emotional depletion and loss of inspiration (Freudenberger, 1974, 1975; Maslach, 1976). Burnout is characterized as a psychological syndrome of an emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a decreased level of individual accomplishment (Schaufeli, Maslach, and Marek 1993).
Burnout is a psychological syndrome covering the symptoms of emotional fatigue,

Burnout is associated with bad self perception of health and a huge quantity of somatic complaints (Buunk BP, Schaufeli WB (1999). Burnout is same in all individuals with changed dimension of symptoms. In the context of classical definition of burnout, it includes the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism and professional inefficacy. Exhaustion is the feelings of not being able to offer any more to oneself at an emotional level, cynicism related to a reserve attitude toward work those served by it or others. Inefficacy is not performing task or incompetent at work (Maslach C, Schaufeli WB, Leiter M (2001) Job

Besides this, different definitions of burnout still proposed according to their involvement at work. The frenetic burnout type is work harder to exhaustion, presents involvement, ambition and overload. Another type ‘under-challenged’ type coped with those uninteresting conditions which are away from satisfaction and have not personal growth. Third type of burnout is worn-out type that comes forward when person face stress, no pleasure and fulfillment and no control upon emotions. Farber BA (1990).
Burnout is manifestations of exhaustion, cynicism and decreased professional efficacy (Schaufeli, Leiter, Maslach, and Jackson, 1996). The idea of burnout began from human administration experts among whom contacts with other individuals constitute the greater part of their tasks and can turn into a source of stress (Maslach, 1976). In human administration segment, the side effects of burnout identify with cooperation with clients (enthusiastic fatigue, depersonalization, and decreased individual